Thanks everyone for your emails and replies. Ann, The Era - is it possible for you to provide a website address for this org? Even better, is it possible for you to send me offline any obituaries for Charles in the Era or Boston newspapers at all? The only page todo with The Era I have been able to trace is one that talks about a cd rom from 1890 onwards. And the British Library did not come across The Era today. Just to confirm again, I made a mistake; Charles Solomon died in 1891, sorry for any confusion. The info on his son Edward Solomon - yes, there are a lot of websites about him, and also about Charles other son Frederick who was also in the music biz, but strangely hardly a thing about Charles. Sheila, One of the sons lived in America for a time and while there the son worked at that theatre in New York but I don't think Charles was connected with it in any way apart from the fact that his son worked there. The British Library only had books of song sheets, some were for Charles, some for his sons. But interestingly enough, some had title pages for the shows they came from, and most appear to be comical shows and musicals, rather than opera/classical performances for Charles. I have now also contacted the Royal Academy of Music. No record for Charles in the Grove's dictionaries of musicians. No record either in any microfishe Who's Who. Thank you everyone, I'm in the process of replying offline to you too! B.Shiel - London

Thanks to Rosemary, Elly and Theresa, who all supplied me with the details of this entry. So kind, and so quick! I just hope the lady who asked me can now use it to prove this was another one of her relatives. Best Sherry (23170 Viersat, France)

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Hi, Not sure if it is my internet connection or my laptop or what...I started to view (on a famous subscription site) the record for 1901 census for an Abraham N BIRK in Durham. Got 1/4 of the page then it froze. Have tried five times since then and can't get anything. I do NOT need the page. I just need an extract. I know he is there with wife Fanny and her parents, but need the details (also there may be children who were listed below Fanny). Thanks to anyone who can supply me with an extract of the information (ref for anyone searching by reference is RG13; Piece: 4675; Folio: 92; Page: 28) Best Sherry Landa (23170 Viersat, France, where the rain has stopped, temporarily, and the sun has been out a bit)

You'll find the archives of "The Era" and countless other British newspapers are currently available here (short-term to non-subscribers -- so be quick). http://access.gale.com/gdctrial/ When you've registered to use the site, select the collection "British Newspapers 1600-1900". Elly 2008/5/27 Mrs Mansefield <annjen@ozemail.com.au>: > I don't know if The Era has been digitised yet through the > British Library

Dear all, thank you for your finds - priceless! I must apol I made a typo error. Charles Solomon passed away in 1891. It was his father Samuel who passed away in 1873. sorry about that. Charles and his 2 sons who I've seen named as Frederick Charles Solomon and Edward/Teddy Solomon, were also comedians/musicians/composers. It seems the sons were more famous and more can be found about them than their father Charles. I've seen Wikipedia web pages all about Edward, and with a photo of him too! Thanks I just did a quick search for Solomon on YIVO institute in NYC, but nothing came up. But yes I will email them anyway, depending on what I see in the British Library & ohter local archives too. and again thank you, I will definitely check out The Era, nice one!! Just one more thing, while Edward & Fred's mother wasn't Jewish, it does look as if the paternal roots were Ashkenazi and not Sephardi, doesn't it? Betty - London

thanks for replying. I'm off to the British Library this week, have already requested some of Charles Solomon's items they have. Also yes, I have looked at The Times archive, but there was only one reference to his will, and that was all. Any other suggestions most welcome, and thank you! B. Shiel - London

On re reading some of my research material I wonder if there may have been two men called Charles SOLOMON both pianists, in London in the mid 1800's. I have one who died in 1890 aged 73 (not 1873 like Bea's). He had a son Theodore (Ted, whereas Bea is looking for Fred). Ted Solomon was embroiled in a classic love scandal of the theatre involving the diva Lillian Russell in 1894. He was a comic singer, and she divorced him in order to marry her tenor Signor Perugini, a black haired, black eyed lothario who in fact was born in London with the pedestrian name of John Chatterton. Her grounds for divorcing poor Ted were that he was still married to his previous wife, a Miss ISAACS, living in London. Miss Russell had previously been married to Harry BRAHAM of the English Jewish musical family. The death of Theodore's father "veteran musician" Charles Solomon was reported in The Era, as well as the Boston newspapers. It will take some untangling these Solomons if there are two of them, and their musical compositions as they both seem to have been prolific. The Casino Theatre in NY that inherited some of Charles' stuff may be a clue if there is an archives somewhere. Ann Jensen

I suggest getting into the archives of The Era for people like Charles Solomon - there is a pianist whose name was given as Charles Salomon in 1843 in public recitals. There is also Charles Solomon who had the Juvenile Christy Group (whoever they might have been...could have been black and white minstrels). I don't know if The Era has been digitised yet through the British Library, but it is certainly available through inter-library loan in NSW from the University of NSW, as well as through the Gale newspaper archives which can perhaps be accessed by subscription, libraries or contact them and see if there are any freebies about....it seems variable whether people succeed or not in getting free access. It is possible that he performed using different names according to genre....people who turned up in the music halls as serio-comics needed another identity for more serious pursuits. Ann Jensen Music Halls

If he left some stuff to a theater in NYC it might be worth contacting the YIVO institute in NYC. www.yivoinstitute.org They have extensive material on Jewish entertainers. Sheila Toffell Glen Rock NJ

Hi Luana ... I have printed out a message about JACOBS dated 4/3/2008 in the British Jewry Archives. There are quite a few names which seem to match with mine. I have a Jacob Jacobs born 1857 Davinsk, Russia died 1914 Australia. He was naturalised in England about 1878 and went to South African War in 1899. He married Hannah Klufeld in December 1887 Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, London. (First marriage to Alfred Freeman/Friedman?) Hannah was my great grandmother and Jacob was her second husband. He may have been married before also, as the children were Isaac Charles (abt 1882), Harry (bef 1887), Sophie (15/6/1888) Deborah (1890), Arthur Abraham (1893-1917 killed in war)) Solomon William (1896), David (3/3/1898) William Solomon. Emanual (Manny) (1899). They came to Australia about 1906. Hannah's first family included Mark born about 1880 (my grandfather) and I understand he changed his name to FREEMAN. There was also a daughter Rebecca and I think she was also FREEMAN. Mark eloped and married Rachel Jessie Schnitzer 23/10/1897 Registry Office Westminster, London and then again 21/11/1897 in a London Synagogue. I have a copy of both Marriage Certificates. They had Morris Isaac (3//6/1898) and Abraham (only known as Arthur) on 25/1/1901. They were "found" and I think separated by their parents and sent to a Jewish Boarding School (I do not know which one). I have lots of information as Arthur was my father and I now have eight great grandchildren. I really would like to fill in the gaps as I have been searching for about forty years. Anything you or anyone else can help me with would be appreciated. (By the way Luana I have a sister in CA at Alameda) Beryl Renton in Brisbane, Australia

Did you try the Times? - he may have featured in ads for concerts or even reviews. I have found a number of musicians this way. Keira Lockyer, Australia. From: "Bea" <blspabas@btinternet.com> I've come across Charles Solomon (and his son Fred) in my family research and want to know more about Charles's career in the music industry.

Dear British Jewry, after reading the post about the forgotten theatre actors, I too have a similar query: I've come across Charles Solomon (and his son Fred) in my family research and want to know more about Charles's career in the music industry. Charles was born in London in about 1820 and died in 1873, and for the bulk of his life lived in the Bloomsbury area. According to some census reports, he was a musical composer, others list him as a musician and/or a professor of music. His son Fred, was also one of these too! In Charles's Will, he left numerous pianos to the family, and other items to the Casino Theatre in New York. I have been to 3 local archives but Charles is not listed there nor in any musical company book, nor is he listed in the Encyclopedia Judaica. There is no article about his career in the JC either. If anyone out there knows more about Charles's musical career (and his son's) I would be very interested to know more. Thanks B.Shiel (London)

Interesting. There are entries for his published songs etc in the catalogue of the British Library. I suggest you have a look on line. It might be worth contacting the Music Librarian there, and the Royal College or Royal Academy of Music too. I have just been looking for a musician too. Evelyn Wilcock London

I have been compiling information about the lost generation of artists portrayed by my father David Friedmann in the 1920's in Berlin. The Hungarian actor Meinhart MAUR (a Max Reinhardt actor) moved from Berlin to England in 1936 to appear in the A. Korda film Rembrandt and remained there with his wife, Czechoslovakian actress Anna ASCHER; stage-name Annie ARDEN. This is all that I found about Annie ARDEN-MAUR. It seems Meinhart died in London in 1964. Perhaps there are people who remember him and his wife or know if there are children I could contact. I have checked with Penn State University and there is no biographical information about Annie ARDEN, although there is a collection of documents belonging to Meinhart Maur: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/speccolls/FindingAids/maur.body.html I am also searching for info about actress Fritta BROD 1896-1988. She fled from Berlin to England and worked for the BBC. I am hoping the members of British Jewry can help with this pursuit. Looking forward to your comments! Best Wishes, Miriam Friedman Morris, New York For info about David Friedmann: http://www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/responses/friedmann/timeline.html www.lostart.de

Dear Rachel,Jill and all, I also searched the on-line databases,including Synagogue global site,in search of possible similarities for the name "Bracha". One has definately to think creatively when dealing with this kind of problem. Jill, I shall certainly await your article on the subject. Funnily, when I myself searched for a hebrew name when I came to Israel from Edinburgh, the name "Bracha" was suggested to me..but it reminded me of "Broth" (scots broth soup !) and I never did change my name ! All the best, Brenda Habshush, Kibbutz Sde Boker, Negev. Israel. . . DISCLAIMER: This mail message was scanned for malicious content by Quality Bytes Mail Security when leaving the gateway of Quality Bytes http://qb.q-bytes.com/qbms/?c=qb .

Re Rachel Poole's message on Bracha Levin's supposed birth in Swansea. Bracha is very like Brenda which was a common birth name amongst anglicised Hews in 1909-10. Equally Levin was sometimes changed to something more English, for example Lyons. I have come across the following birth in Swansea in 1909 quarter 3 (on one of the commercial sites where you can search for first name only):- LYONS Brenda Margaret Swansea District 11a Page 1229 Qtr3 1909 This may or may not be right, but it pays to think laterally as often one or both the first name and second name could change when officially registered. This happened multiple times in my family - I have an upcoming article in Shemot that will show this. Jill Whitehead Surrey Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:52:19 +0100 From: "Jewish Admin" <Jewish@slanda.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: [BRITISH-JEWRY] [jcr-uk] Given Name "Bracha" To: "Rachel Poole" <rachel.poole3@ntlworld.com>, "BRITISH-JEWRY@rootsweb.com" <British-jewry@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <b4b3bd630805231052j4f281b1ctcae6c99684c72f16@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Have you thought of looking in Liverpool? There are a couple of LEVIN births in West Derby in the right time-frame. It might be worth writing to the registrar and asking for a check of the births registered to see if the mother is the right person. For this you need to send the money for one birth certificate (and postage) before they will search at Liverpool Registrar's Office. June 1909 Rosaline registered West Derby June 1910 Rosie registered West Derby HTH Sherry (Salford, LAN) On 23/05/2008, Rachel Poole <rachel.poole3@ntlworld.com> wrote: After a few years in Liverpool he married a woman from > the town of Llanelli near Swansea. He died after one year of marriage at the > age of 24 on the 8th day of Tammuz, 5669 (June 27, 1909). He was buried in > Swansea. His daughter Bracha was born after his death. > > What I cannot find is the birth of the daughter "Bracha". I have searched > all the records for 1909 & 1910 and cannot find any name resembling Bracha > or any female births for the Swansea area. I am making a presumption that > as they were married in Swansea and Abraham was buried there then the birth > would have been in that area. ------------------------------

Hi Angie, Yes, you are allowed to mention any not for profit sites that might be of use/interest to our research. Jewish Gen is most certainly one of those. Snipping, I would have snipped more, but at least you snipped the tag lines, so I'll let you off ;-) What you didn't do was give us the city where you reside, but again, at least you gave the country! Sherry The Whip (keeping the Welsh theme of recent emails going) Salford, LAN aelfassi51@yahoo.com writes: (am I allowed to mention JewishGen), > PS - Did I snip enough?

Have you thought of looking in Liverpool? There are a couple of LEVIN births in West Derby in the right time-frame. It might be worth writing to the registrar and asking for a check of the births registered to see if the mother is the right person. For this you need to send the money for one birth certificate (and postage) before they will search at Liverpool Registrar's Office. June 1909 Rosaline registered West Derby June 1910 Rosie registered West Derby HTH Sherry (Salford, LAN) On 23/05/2008, Rachel Poole <rachel.poole3@ntlworld.com> wrote: After a few years in Liverpool he married a woman from > the town of Llanelli near Swansea. He died after one year of marriage at the > age of 24 on the 8th day of Tammuz, 5669 (June 27, 1909). He was buried in > Swansea. His daughter Bracha was born after his death. > > What I cannot find is the birth of the daughter "Bracha". I have searched > all the records for 1909 & 1910 and cannot find any name resembling Bracha > or any female births for the Swansea area. I am making a presumption that > as they were married in Swansea and Abraham was buried there then the birth > would have been in that area.

In order to prevent any further misunderstandings of the few rules we have I am sending this reminder, before I remove the emergency moderation I imposed on Wednesday. We all make mistakes. Nobody's perfect. We do not expect people to be mistake-free. However, we expect people to obey the rules. 1. Messages to list: You can ONLY use plain text in messages to the list; please CAPITALISE surnames throughout but just use initial capitals for first names, places etc; sign your message with your name, city/town and county/country please. 2. Replying to messages: Make sure the subject line is still appropriate (if it isn't then change it); trim the original back so that we just see the pertinent parts (so we know what you are replying to) 3. Generally: When asking for something it's nice to be polite (please goes a long way); When you get replies then it is polite to acknowledge them and say thank you-the preferred method to do this is to thank people individually privately and/or post a general thank you on list People who fail to snip, send messages with Digest anything in the subject line, send in HTML or generally seem incapable of following basic list etiquette will be moved to moderation without notice. Everyone else is now released on their own recognisance. Best wishes Sherry